Advice and psychotherapy: qualities of the practitioner

Advice and psychotherapy: qualities of the practitioner

continuation of the interview that I (r) had with the English psychologist (Q) In my previous series of articles therapy meets spirituality: A psycho-spiritual discussion We turned to advice and psychotherapy.

f: Why do people come to advice and therapy?

r: For a variety of problems and circumstances that are inherent in the human dilemma.

f: The human dilemma?

r: The challenges and opportunities that arise from the Humana Conditio. These are essentially the eternal questions that can be summarized as follows: Who am I? Where do I go? And what is the meaning of life? These basic questions can be expressed in different ways, but they are reduced to three.

The first question can manifest itself in the gnawing problems of life, which have to do with emotionality, trust, the search for understanding and meaning, relationship difficulties, confusion about life expectations and the like.

The second question concerns its life path, phase of life, psychobiological or instinctive thresholds and requirements, the fulfillment of roles and additional questions about value and self -esteem.

The third question goes into the spiritual areas or at least in the question of greater power, numinoser experience and addresses the fear of death and thus all fears.

f: As a consultant or therapist, you are involved in different ways, depending on which these three questions are based on the client's concerns?

r: Yes. There are essentially four relationships: consultants, therapist, depth psychotherapist and spiritual mentor or guide. As a psycho-spiritual therapist, I expect that I can easily switch between these four definitions of my role and function as required.

f: from different customers?

r: from different clients or the same client at different times. The human forced situation is so rich and diverse that an individual can find itself in a personal problem that suddenly brings him to a deeper level of the examination.

f: Can everyone? What I mean is because the therapist's skills seem to be largely synonymous to be a caring person, what are the special resources that are the exclusive domain of therapists?

r: In a way, you are right: a therapist is a caring person. But there is a little more. In addition, care can contain a challenge, deep acceptance, real listing, empathy, deep absorption, a pronounced problem -solving resistance and holistic sensitivity. Connect all this with skill and consideration, study, understanding and a repertoire of techniques and a consistent meditative or contemplative attitude, which is reinforced by consistent practice, and you have largely covered it, I think!

f: I followed most, but what do you mean with holistic sensitivity?

r: For some reason, I always think of a story that I once heard about a Tibetan Lama who did a seemingly great physical achievement, hovered just above the ground and withdraw huge distances, defying gravity - something like that. When he was asked how he managed to carry out these tricks, a monk replied: "He breathes through his knees."

holistic sensitivity means, for example, to listen to the whole body, to be open enough, to receive unconscious messages, not to practice with complete awareness and to allow your senses to flow freely in the body so that you will learn from things as much as possible about the truth of your current condition.

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